Mendawai River

Mendawai River is a river of Borneo, Indonesia.[1][2] The longhouses of the Pendahara are located along the river in its upper course. The river has its source in the Schwaner Mountain Range.[3]

Mendawai River Soengai Katingin, Soengai Mendawei, Soengai Ketingan, Mendawi, Soengai Katingan
Mendawai and other rivers in Central Kalimantan
Native name	Sungai Mendawai
Location
Country	Indonesia
Province	Central Kalimantan
Physical characteristics
Source	Borneo
Mouth
• location	Java Sea

Geography

The river flows in the southeast area of Borneo with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is December, at 20 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 2991 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 476 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 75 mm rainfall.[6]

See also

• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Kalimantan

References

1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
2. Sungai Mendawai - Geonames.org.
3. "Central Kalimantan". Goarchi. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
4. Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L; McMahon, T A (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
5. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
6. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.